{"id":3204,"date":"2009-01-02T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/falcons-cardinals-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-02T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:35:00","slug":"falcons-cardinals-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/falcons-cardinals-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons-Cardinals Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Falcons will be looking to continue their improbable run on Saturday when they take on the Arizona Cardinals at University<\/st1:PlaceType> of Phoenix Stadium<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> in a Wild-Card Round matchup. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Falcons listed as 1-point favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total is sitting at 51. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons defeated St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 31-27 as a 14-point favorite in Week 17. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Turner rushed for 208 yards with a touchdown on 25 carries for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Jerious Norwood rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns on only three carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals defeated Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 34-21 as a 7-point favorite in Week 17. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kurt Warner passed for 263 yards with four touchdowns and an interception for Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Larry Fitzgerald caught five passes for 120 yards with two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS
Arizona: 9-7 SU, 9-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing in January are 4-6
When playing on grass are 4-6
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 8-2<\/p>\n

Arizona most recently:
When playing in January are 3-6
When playing on grass are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Arizona’s last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona’s last 6 games
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona’s last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Falcons will be looking to continue their improbable run on Saturday when they take on the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium in a Wild-Card Round matchup. Oddsmakers currently have the Falcons listed as 1-point favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total is sitting at 51. The Falcons defeated St. Louis … Continue reading Falcons-Cardinals Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}